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Botany in a Day - Offsite at Cherokee Ranch and Castle

Cherokee Ranch and Denver Botanic Gardens will be teaming up again this year to offer a new and exciting series that will focus on the beautiful rolling hills of Cherokee Ranch. Cherokee Ranch’s 3,100-acres of secluded natural environment is a living laboratory for the study of native flora and fauna. This picturesque property overlooking the Front Range from Pikes Peak to Downtown Denver will provide the perfect backdrop for a day of education and understanding. This class series will feature Botany, Ecology and Colorado’s most beautiful native species. With a combination of lecture and tours, Denver Botanic Gardens instructor, Sheridan Samano, will inspire you to appreciate the beauty of nature in a whole new way.

Using Thomas J. Elpel's book "Botany in a Day" as a guide, learn the pattern method of plant identification. Instead of trying to identify plants one at a time, techniques taught in this outdoor course will provide some basic principles so you can learn plants by the hundreds. Feel free to bring a sac lunch and explore the grounds after class.